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in-D.Yesterday for Selling the Sun-iD.day Sun.D-30. I HIHE WAS FINED $100 AND COSTSjr.F.The Jory ftematoed Oot But » Short Timm— The Defense Notice of »n Appeal— II T. 81 rob m, Attorney for me Son, A p.peered for the DtfeDdMt—The Court Boom Crowded With Speetntore,ca?eid.arrestedon the streets the Chicago SundaySun, the charge in the informationn | beingand distributing aIipaper containing obscene language tending to corrupt the morals ofibefore*erafternoon beforen.'i*court roomW.geh*tator*.iII. T. Srrohm, of Kansas City, the i•‘attorney general” for the ‘‘Suu”com-and Charles J, Flynn, of thispany,city appeared for the defendant while J. C, L *ngueyille appeared for the1prose1it.y-When the case was called Mr. Strobm jbedischarged lieeauaeinot specifly what the obscenity was nor (did it point out any particular item \which was obscene, and it must do this jV. I m order to show that an offense had jbeen committed. Mr. Longueville *L*stated tbat a copy of paper was attached to the information and thataii,the paper c mtiined that which was obscene an j, under the statue thatatpaper being sold that contained aLyob=cene language tending to corruptiifi. the morals of youth, that an offense 8committedMr. Strohm consumed considerable j.more time in try iug to convince the court kthat his side of the case was in thenlookas the attorney did and accordinglynoverruled the motion.PuLongueville requested the de- flfense to make a plea which they refused to do aud then as the prosecutionPaattempted to have some witnesses hsworn in order to proceed with the askedicconstablewhich consumed some little time. It I a|was 5 o’clock before a jury was sworn [ 8tin, which consisted of the following Icitizen?: Henry Ilerancourt, louySiege, James Bennett, Will Djan, | wGeorge Wolf and Tim Shea,Mr. Longueville then readthePifucharge contained in the information I wto the jury and told what the prostcu ♦ I thtlon intended to prove. Mr. Strohm, wfor the defendant, then stated his case Tito t tie jury and admitted that the defendant had sold and distributed thepapers as charged but did cot admitthat the contents of the paper were obscene. He also admitted that thecopy attached was one sold by the dsnefendant last Saturday.KtCertain items were read by Mr.atLongueville in his arguments to thejury aud Mr. Strohm made a strongevla^plea for his client. , The jury retiredhaabout seven o’clock and after being outeffa short time returned a verdict of guiity !ditas charged Tho court then sentencedthe defendant to pay a flue of $100aud costs of the suit. The defensegave notice of appeal,chtinspiSCIan
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Dubuque Evening Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 16, 1893
Page 5
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